Sr. Software Engineer (Java/Cloud) at MongoDB (New York, NY)

Sr. Software Engineer (Java/Cloud) at MongoDB (New York, NY)

MongoDB Cloud Services Team is a diverse collection of individuals working together to help users manage their MongoDB deployments. The team develops software to run MongoDB in the cloud at global scale, including MongoDB Atlas, our database as a service offering. Our software and services allow users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes.

As Cloud has grown, so has our code and infrastructure. Our surface area stretches across Java (8), JavaScript (ES6) and Go (1.7) with a smattering of scripting in Python, Ruby and shell. The Platform team is geared towards jump-starting best practice initiatives and tackling problems commonly found in the too-hard basket.

We’re looking for someone who is

Curious, and constantly learning

Passionate about developer productivity – improving the status quo around them

Innovative – finds a way around blockers

Diligent, thorough, and has an eye for detail

Keeps tabs on best practices in the wider developer community

Has experience working with medium-to-large scale web applications

5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably with breadth across multiple organizations and ecosystems

Responsibilities

Work closely with the team lead to isolate and identify inefficient practices and blockers within the platform;

Drive initiatives, from scope to implementation, engaging Cloud engineers and stakeholders along the way;

Be open and upfront with colleagues about reasoning and intention behind new initiatives; and